It's always comforting to walk into one's own home at 11 pm and find 3 strangers on the couch, no roommates anywhere in sight. Especially when one entrance to the house is double locked, and the other is wide open. Whatever. I was tired enough that I just poured myself a shot of Baileys and trudged upstairs. I'm sure my roommate is around here somewhere, that little devil!

Today was......long. Two doctor-type appointments, followed by an immediate turn-around to go to work where we had not one but TWO Christmas parties, as well as regular walk-in business. Not too bad, though, since I almost made enough money tonight to cover all of my needs for the next week plus. AND, one of my regular customers gave me a spiffy (and generous) Target gift card! It almost (almost) put a glimmer of Christmas spirit in my otherwise small and dark heart. And yeah, I'm being a bit dramatic.

Tomorrow is my last real final (which I am woefully unprepared for - tomorrow morning isn't too late to study, though), and then more work. D and I are carpooling again, which certainly helps the night and drive go by more quickly.

Doctor appointment was....ok. This is an awfully weird time of year to be "experimenting" with different medications, especially considering that my doctor happens to go on vacation at the same time all of us students do. I got this advice today in an email, and I'm going to try to take it -

"if I was there, thats the treatment I would put you on: home-made chicken soup, broccoli, 8 hours of sleep, 1 hour at the gym, 1 hour yoga, cut back on your studies (just get by because no one cares in the long run), buy 2 new CDs a week, go to at least 2-3 movies a week (don't miss your boys Jake and Heath as the gay cowboys), and try and talk to the people in your life that make you happy (limit the people who bring you down), and then you'll be back on track : ) That's my cure. Of course, sometimes there's minor set backs, but that's life......."

Yeah, this is life. For better or for worse, and it's MY life.